# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has welcomed the successes by SAPS and the specialised law-enforcement units against the drug trade in the past week. In the Western Cape, police intercepted 57-thousand mandrax tablets and five kilograms of cocaine worth approximately 5.85-million-rand. An alleged drug laboratory valued at 100-million-rand was uncovered in Erasmia, Tshwane. Committee […]
# Die vakbondfederasie SAFTU sê die naweek se noodlottige motorongelukke is ‘n herinnering aan die voortgesette nasionale padsterfte-krisis. ‘n Botsing tussen drie voertuie op die N1 tussen Prins Albertweg en Leeu-Gamka in die Wes-Kaap het 21 lewens geëis, terwyl agt mense dood is in ‘n botsing op die N17-tolpad naby Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Asive Dyani […]
# ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says union federation COSATU must work to resolve its internal matters at it’s 15th national congress. The congress descended into chaos in Midrand, Johannesburg, yesterday due to infighting and the suspension of deputy president Mike Shingange. NEHAWU withdrew its support for Shingange despite being the union’s president, while NUM, […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer het instellings in die vervoersektor gevra om in die komende boekjaar die prestasies van Transnet en die Lughawensmaatskappy na te volg. Transnet het einde Maart ‘n wins van 4,6-miljard-rand getoon teenoor ‘n verlies van 1,9-miljard-rand die vorige jaar. ACSA het ‘n wins van 1,2 miljard-rand aangeteken in die vorige […]
# Union federation SAFTU says the weekend’s deadly accidents are a reminder of the continuing national road death crisis. A crash on the N1 between Prince Albert Road and Leeu-Gamka in the Western Cape claimed 21 lives, while in Mpumalanga, eight people were killed on the N17 toll road near Ermelo. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says […]
# Die minister van Finansies Enoch Godongwana sê hoër vlakke van infrastruktuurbelegging staan sentraal in die verbetering van die voortgesette lae vlakke van ekonomiese groei. Suid-Afrika se bruto binnelalndse produk het in die tweede kwartaal vanjaar met 0,2-persent gedaal. Die regering beoog om oor die volgende drie jaar een-duisend-miljard-rand regstreeks in die infrastruktuur te belê […]
# Die Workers and Socialist Party sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiewe Party se besluit om onafhanklik aan die komende plaaslike verkiesing deel te neem, is ‘n stap in die regte rigting. Die party waarsku egter die SAKP se voortgesette deelname aan die Drieparty-alliansie met die ANC is tans die grootste struikelblok vir eenheid binne die werkersklas. […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says higher levels of infrastructure investment are central to raising the prevailing low levels of economic growth. South Africa’s gross domestic product contracted by 0.2-percent in the second quarter of this year. Government is looking to invest one-trillion-rand directly in infrastructure over the next three years, while also unlocking […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Transport has called on entities in the transport sector to seek to replicate the achievements of Transnet and the Airports Company of South Africa in the coming financial year. Transnet achieved a 4.6-billion-rand profit for the financial year ending 31 March 2026, a strong recovery from last year’s 1.9-billion-rand loss. […]
